Lucy Wore Eva Lendel For Her Spring Wedding at Middleton Lodge

Lucy and Andrew’s wedding at Middleton Lodge was every bit as stylish as it was full of life. This party-loving couple chose this stunning North Yorkshire Estate and it’s divine ‘Fig House’ for its rustic modern charm and the chance to gather all their loved ones in one beautiful setting – many of whom had travelled from Jersey.

Lucy wore the Eva Lendel ‘Rozalli’ gown, a head-turner of a statement dress that suited her outgoing personality perfectly. The most elegant of Spring Flowers were sustainably and lovingly grown and styled by Moonwind Flowers in seasonal, fig-inspired shades of deep purple, soft pink and fresh green and we love that Love My Dress favourite, Georgina Harrison captured it all in her usual divine mix of 35mm analogue and digital photography.

Lucy was determined to crowd surf during the evening celebrations and we LOVE the cracking images captured as it happened. Enjoy!

Our wedding was held at The Fig House at the Middleton Lodge Estate in North Yorkshire. We’d been engaged for nearly a year before we found the ‘perfect’ venue. We knew that most of our guests would be travelling from our home in Jersey to celebrate, so we wanted to host our wedding at a venue that offered the possibility to stay on-site.

Middleton Lodge oozes quiet luxury; a place where the second you arrive, you feel relaxed in the most tranquil and indulgent surroundings – without it being pretentious. We wanted exactly this for our guests.

We also needed to factor in the Great British weather, as we didn’t want to get caught up in worrying about how the weather would behave on the day.

The Fig House offered the capacity to deliver both the ceremony and reception all under one roof – whilst also being one of the most chic venues – perfect for the all important pictures.

Rosie Bell works for Middleton Lodge and was assigned to us as our Wedding Co-ordinator.

Our flowers were by Moonwind Flowers, aka, Love My Dress founder, Annabel’s husband, Philip Beeforth. Philip lovingly grows flowers on their flower farm at their home in North Yorkshire, which is incredibly special.

With that, it meant that our flowers would be seasonal and in-keeping with the time of year of our wedding.

For me, this came as an education for just how many spring flowers exist and how beautiful they all are.

Philip was a beacon of knowledge and inspiration and after discussing my vision, he was able to suggest flowers that might mirror this, perfectly.

We chose tulips, hellebores, pussy willow, unfurled willow, ranunculus and narcissus.

My dear friend Danielle, who is a wonderful singer, sung me down the aisle, accompanied on guitar by Max, my brothers girlfriends’ brother, who is also an old friend of mine. My dad walked me down the aisle. My mum walked down with my best man, Nima.

Danielle sung  the acoustic version of ‘Devotion’ by Arlo Parks – a song that is particularly sentimental to Andrew and I and our legal marriage in 2024.

As we were legally married already, we didn’t need a celebrant or officiant for the formalities this year. Instead, we chose my cousin, David as our ‘celebrant’.

David created a ceremony that focused on much of what might be highlighted by an official celebrant; how we met, holidays, engagement etc.

We concluded by physically ‘tying the knot’ with Celtic ropes, using our four ‘witnesses’; my brother and his partner and Andrews sister and her husband; ‘In this ceremony, the couple’s hands are bound together with a ribbon or cord to symbolise their commitment and union. The act of tying the knot represents the binding of two lives together, a concept deeply rooted in Celtic beliefs.’ Andrew is Irish, so this was very fitting.

All our rings have been sourced from Tony Willgrass at Stott & Willgrass in Jersey. We had these for our marriage last year and even though we went ring shopping for another more ‘glitzy’ upgrade for me this year – my ‘granny’ style platinum wedding band is absolutely perfect with my beautiful engagement ring, and really it needs no more fuss as it does the talking all by itself!

My brothers partner, Fran delivered a beautiful reading from Dolly Alderton, called ‘Everything I know about Love’.

For both wedding ceremonies, we have written our vows ourselves. These have been then revealed to each other during the ceremony;

“So Andrew, my husband,
Thank you for making me feel endlessly adored. You give me and us, your everything, all of the time.
You give me patience. I could never dream of owning and you make our home and everything we create together a serene space of contentment.
Forever, I vow to mirror your love and affection through the good days,
the dull days
and the challenging days.
I will always endeavour to be the best version of me, for us and I will show up for us, even when this requires digging deep.
I promise to never lose sight of who we are or take for granted our wonderful life that we have created together.“

“In times of mist and fog, I promise to reach for you and re-align us on our journey.
Thank you for always encouraging me to live with heart, fuelling the fire in my belly and thank you for nurturing every part of me to grow and flourish into my wildest type.
Thank you for always showing up for me, taking on board all my constructive feedback and believing and achieving in my hopes and ever exuberant dreams.
This first, incredible year of marriage has confirmed and bolstered our wonderful relationship, where we continue to grow together, laugh together, create memories and always meet each other half way.
I am so proud of us, and how our love evolves. How we’ve learnt to grow and love harder through our differences. I’m proud of our resilience and our ability to adapt to our ever-developing nuances that make us who we are.
I am so proud of all that we have achieved and strive to achieve both independently and as a unit even if this means you successfully tapering down my wild dreams to something more tangible.
Above everything, I am so proud of you, of the man that you are and have grown to become.
So proud of your unwavering professionalism that has led you to a career ahead of your time.
And I’m so proud of everything you stand for, whether its getting in a boxing ring countless times to take on an opponent in front of hundreds of people to raise money for charity, (annoyingly) running half marathons in 1hr30 despite having had several Guinnesses the night before, winning the Island Handicap Championships for golf after telling me that you stand no chance, 
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Your ability to empower my feminism and encourage me to set boundaries that invigorates my own sense of purpose.
We have created a life that I have dreamt of for my entire existence and of course I had to have two weddings to shout from the rooftops just how lucky I feel to be your wife.
Happy wedding day my darling.
Here’s to celebrating us with everybody today – I love you, endlessly.“

Our photographer was the incredible Georgina Harrison. I’d fallen in love with Georgina’s work on Instagram long before we finalised a date with Middleton Lodge. I knew that Georgina was a non-negotiable – the wedding budget would stretch to it regardless because her talent is superlative.

Georgina took the time to get to know us on zoom before our wedding, which really emphasised that we’d ‘vibe’ with her on the day! She also understood the assignment when she said that she wouldn’t go home until I’d crowd-surfed!

Booking with Georgina far exceeded anything we could have imagined. She made us feel completely relaxed and encouraged us to enjoy every shot. She was our biggest fangirl – cheering us on and complimenting us all day long.

Our families and friends were in awe of how tirelessly she worked and when the pictures came back, once again we were astounded at the ninja behaviour she’d had to adopt to take shots when we didn’t even think she was present.

Above all, Georginas passion for photography radiates and she is a calming yet direct sidekick that every prospective couple need to capture their day so incredibly.

After moving back home to Jersey for a job in 2017, I downloaded Tinder to get back on the dating scene. However, on an Island as small as Jersey, its unlikely you’ll be swiping right to somebody you haven’t met or heard of!

However, Andrew changed all of that, the very week I moved back we began our messaging back and forth and after a few dates that followed thick and fast, that was us – set for eternity.

We’d been together for five years before Andrew popped the question. Andrew travelled through England, Switzerland and France to the Alps with my ring in tow!

He couldn’t however find the ‘perfect’ spot on the slopes to get down on one knee (I say he bottled it!), so brought said ring back through the three respective countries to our home in Jersey.

Here, he pulled off a French Style Bistro equipped with a checked tablecloth and menu board AND RING!

We were then engaged a year before we set the venue and date – however we knew that we would always need to do the legals ahead – in Jersey (the difference in jurisdiction makes it challenging to do a legal wedding in the UK without residing in the UK for at least nine days to give notice of marriage).

With Andrews’s mum unwell, we decided to do the legals on the same date, Friday 12^th April 2024 at Jersey Registry Office, so really, we have had a whole year of milking the marital celebrations.

Our cake was created by Where the Ribbon Ends. Gayle and Anna created the most beautiful vintage style three-tier cake.

We had the fig themed colours running through the pops of piping on our cake. Anna brainstormed with us and suggested these colours and they truly popped when this was delivered to the Fig House ahead of our evening  reception.

Stationery was designed by me! They were carrying the running fig theme, which had been mirrored on the welcome signs and table runners that were made by my mum!

We had mini-tambourines for our guests and these were great for both name placements and also for some camaraderie over the course of the day.

For the evening celebrations, I changed into a Rebecca Vallance dress. My earrings worn in the evening were by Soru Jewellery – they were a gift from my Maid of Honour.

We hired Back Chat Brass for the daytime pre-ceremony and reception drinks, Original Tee Golf for the comfort break and Big Shout Band for our evening reception.

Our first dance was to ‘Real Love Baby’, by Father John Misty that was beautifully delivered by the Big Shout Band!

For both of us, our favourite moment of the day was our first dance. When all the formalities of the day were over, we were in our evening get-up that was unsurprisingly easier to walk in than the big frock!

An additional favourite moment for me too, was the crowdsurfing – I’d insisted upon this and it happened – suspended in the air by all my girls!!!

Stress less about the tablescapes – as long as all your guests are having fun – they’re not going to be sweating over the small detail like you are.

Enjoy every moment. If there are glitches, nobody will know. It is only you that has envisioned this so let go and soak up the love of your life with everybody who means the most – you’ll never get this day back and it goes by way to quickly to sweat at any moment – unless you’re dancing!

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